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The monastery exists in its modern appearance since the 16th century, while its present-day buildings date from the middle 18th century. The south wing was built in 1750, the east in 1758, the small church was erected in 1764 and the large one in 1801. The north and west wing are from the second half
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raided the Holy Mountain for two years (1307–9), sacking many monasteries, plundering the treasures of Christendom, and terrorising the monks. Of the 300 monasteries on Athos at the beginning of the 14th century, only 35 were left by the end. But the monastery recovered quickly with the help of
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Principalities. The buildings were reconstructed in the late 13th century with the financial aid of Byzantine Emperor
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On March 21, 2011, the Bulgarian National Bank issued a commemorative silver coin with nominal value of 10
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and is regarded as the historical Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos, and is traditionally inhabited by
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The earliest written evidence of the monastery's existence dates from 980. During the
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26 Martyrs of the Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos at the hands of the Crusaders
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of which is celebrated on October 10. Since Mount Athos uses the traditional
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The reason for this attack was the opposition of the Athonite monks to the
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and 126 in Greek, as well as about 10,000 printed books altogether. Two
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of the 19th century and large-scale construction ended in 1896 with the
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The monastery is named after the 13th or 14th century icon of
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and other monasteries, the Latins attacked Zographou. Their
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is commemorated annually on October 10 (October 23 on the
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and other holy objects treasured at the monastery is the
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Christian monasteries established in the 10th century
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The Zograf Monastery was plundered and burnt down by
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Late 9th or early 10th century, 919 in some sources
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The monastery was also given numerous 78: 27:Eastern Orthodox monastery, Mount Athos 14: 1466:Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece 1418: 158:Moses, Aaron and John (all from Ohrid) 968: 930:Zograf Monastery at Pravoslavieto.com 831:"Athos in the ancient Greek period", 550:adding citations to reliable sources 517: 510:. Today the Monastery has 15 monks. 716:banknote, issued in 1999 and 2005. 24: 890:. Notes and Coins in Circulation: 25: 1477: 917: 684:medieval Bulgarian royal charters 260:Saint George the Zograf Monastery 1131: 995: 805: 793: 781: 769: 757: 745: 733: 660:, the 14th-century passional of 522: 381:, working under orders from the 77: 70: 54: 1456:Byzantine monasteries in Greece 865:. 14 March 2016. 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Zograf monastery
Zograf (disambiguation)
Zografou (disambiguation)

Zograf Monastery is located in Mount Athos
Order
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Saint George
Diocese
Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Greece
Coordinates
40°18′21″N 24°09′37″E / 40.30583°N 24.16028°E / 40.30583; 24.16028
https://zograf.eu/
https://zograf.eu/
Bulgarian
Greek
Eastern Orthodox
Mount Athos
Greece
Bulgarians
Ohrid
Bulgarian Orthodox
monks
Saint George
mysteriously painted itself on the prepared board
Middle Ages
Ivan Asen II
Ivan Alexander

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